Fortune

Actually, and this goes back to, you know, questions I ask people in interviews, the ability to think critically is a skill that translates to every single job, so I always look at that. If somebody...

I'm really interested in making people understand about sanitation issues in the developing world. And I think if I were to give a TED Talk, I would focus on that, on the 2.5 billion people...

So, I think in the future, there's going to be a faster and faster pace of technology and how humans interact with technology will really be a crucial thing. I think there's a certain...

I always had the idea that I wanted to work for a company maybe in the financial world. Maybe I was somehow biased and affected by movies like "Wall Street." So, I grew up in Italy...

What's the worst job you've ever had? I have not had very many bad jobs in my life. I've always done things that I was interested in. All the jobs have had awful moments. The...

What careers did you imagine for yourself when you were in grad school? When I was little, my mom said, "John K!" (My dad was Big John, I was John K.) "You'll make a...

What advice would you give to your 16-year-old self? It is hugely helpful to love what you do and to do something that you're interested enough in that you can keep doing it forever and not...

What advice would you give to your 16-year-old self? When someone challenges you or a group, sometimes know when not to take the challenge on, like I'm going to lose, that's going to...

One question I've asked a lot is, "What is a big challenge you want to overcome, something in your life that you want to do?" because that tells me a lot about that person,...

What job that does not exist today do you think will be one of the world's "top 10" jobs in 10 years? Well, right now, the thing that scientists and I think a lot of...